Beer-package.



R. E. WEN-ZEL & W. M. SHOULER.

BEER PACKAGE.

APPLIGA'HON B ILEDDE0.20,1909,

1,052,704, Patented Feb.11,19135 nn arming 'PATENT Norrion ROBERT E. WENZEL ANL WILLIAM M. SHOULER, 0F LOS AN'GtEIlZfES,l CALIFORNIA.

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Application led December 20, 1909. Serial No. 534,213. 7

One object of our invention isl to provide a package into which draft beer canbe drawn from the original cask and from which ,such beer can be again drawn in quantities desired without allowing the beer. within the package to part with the carbonio acid gas contained therein, thereby keeping the beer fresh and in the same` condition as when drawn from the original keg or cask.

Anotherrobject of our invention is to pro-k jections adapted to form hand holds to venable the cover to be,screwed ofrom or on to the beer package.

Another object of our invention is to provide a beer package which when serving all -the purposes above stated will be provided with a convenient handle which `can be folded out lof the way when the package is lnot beingv carried.

Our invention particularly relates toA a package adapted to be to receive draft'beer, or beer drawn from the original wood package.V Y

`The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention.

Figure 1 is a vertical package together with the cover and head.- Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe spider.

1 indicates a suitable package which may be' made of glass or any suitab e material;

2- is a neck rising from the body of the package.

3 indicates screw threads cast or molded on to the neck. v

4 is a cover p'rovided with a screw threaded ange 4'.' i

f 5 is a siphon head and y6 is a Siphon thereor. l

7 is a spout for the Siphon. v

8 is a lever mounted `in the .Siphon head and adapted to operate .the piston 9 to comsection of the beer press the ,spring 10 and release the valve 11` Angeles and vState of members 21', I 21',

used -in retaill tradel siphon` todraw beer from the package.

`'13 1s a boss head carried on the upper end of the' Siphon 6 and-is seated uponk a' flange 14 of the thimble 15.

1 6 indicates a swaged orspun edge of the thimble which engages'withthe under side of the cover 4.

17 is a screw threaded collar mounted on the thimble and above the cover and is `engaged and held upon such thimble between the vcover and the iange 14.

18 indicates an air valve of the ordinary construction which is adapted to 'admit of air being pumped therethrough into'the in'- terior of the package vand to prevent the escape of the air therefrom.

19 is a spider carried upon the top of the cover 4 which is provided with outwardly extending bail ears 20. y 21 is a bail engaging with the bail lears l20 to afford convenient meansfor carrying the package. The bail 21 consists of two each memberbeing pro-Y vided at one end with a hook to enga e with the bail ears 20 and attheir other en s with hooks 23 to engage with' each other. i

24 indicates projecting bail rests extending outwardly from the spider and adapted to engage 'and allow the bail membersto rest therein when the bail members are disengaged from each other.

25 is a washer seated between the vcover and the top of the package.

26 is a cap for the Siphon head.

27 is a cap for the air valve.

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from the valve seat 12 when it is desired 28 indicates beer within the package vand 29 indicates air under pressure.

30 indicates al perforation in the spider through which the air valve 'enters the cover.

31 is a erforat-ion through the spider for the thimb e.

The package 1, may be of any suitable shape and may be made of any suitable material and is provided with an opening and with means to engage and hold a cover'to close such opening. In theform shown v1n the drawings we have shown the package provided with a neck having external screw threads and a cover having a screw threaded Bange to screw thereupon andv a washer between the flange of the cover and thefbase of the neck to form. a ,hermetically sealed joint. Such cap `is perforated to allow a Siphon to be inserted throughthe cover and suitable means are provided to support the .Siphon lin place and to mounta Suitable ASiphon head. thereupon.

l Such supporting Ineanlsflt'or the Siphon and the Siphon hea @emprise a thimblehavinga flange at-itsl upper end and having its lower end swaged or spun-to flare the sameoutwardly to overturn its end to engage with thel underside of the cover and form-a tight joint therebetween. A collar Vhaving external Screw threads is arrangedl to encircle the'thimble and to be Seated'fbetween the iiange at the upperend of the thimble and the top of the cover. A suitable Siphon'head having a spout for delivering beer therefrom, havlng the customary valve and lever, is pro- 'vided with internalscrewthreads in its'body and is screwed vupon the screw threaded collar. The boss 'head of the Siphon is seated upon the top of the thimble, between -betweenthehead and the thimble, thereby1 holding the Siphon centrally.

To'p'rovide means whereby the package may bev conveniently carried we provide g` suitable bail ears von the cover. and a suitable bail in engagement with the ears. i- Such;

bail ears, as shownextend outwardly beyond'the edge of the cover and engage with hooks at the ends of a suitable bail.

ford a convenient means for carrying the package and provide jsulicient clearance above the Siphon head and the lever there-1 when the c y em loy a ail consisting eac member-having a of, and which can bey folded out vof the way;

ackage is not beingl carried, Vwer E of two 'members,

ookat one. end toi engage with a bail ear on the-cover, and ai hook at the other end' to engage with thei hook upon the other'member. VIn order that 'such bail members may not fall down about;

the ackage or interfere with the operation ofi t e Siphon head when -delivering beer 1'" ackage, the two members aref voin each other and laid in thelbail'rests 24 which support them and prevvent interference with the handling of theg unhooked package. v

To provide a cover with-the bail ears and; `bail rest, Such as required, in a cheap andi effectual manner', we have provided they spider 19 which is cut and formed with thev bail ears and bail rests from one 'piece of; metal, and which is perforatedto allow thel 'Siphon and air valve to enter l the cover asj Shown in Fig.- 2 4When the cover is as- Sembled the spider is placed on top thereof,v and the .thimble with the Screw threaded collar surrounding the same is inserted through the spider and cover and the end ofthe thimble is then spun or upset over the cover.

The Siphon is then inserted'l p A. from the valve seat. In order to provide a bailA which w1ll af the remaining beer being exposed consisting of a thimble, a screw through the thimble with theboSs-head off the Siphon resting upon the upper end of against the washer' 25. In order tovscrew I the cover tightly against the washer it" is lnecessary toemploy considerable force 'and the operator may more ei'ectuall-y grasp the vcover by placing his 'thumb against either one of the bail rests or v ears and hooking his fingers over one of the other projecting parts', thereby. enabling him to secure a perfeet hold and leverage upon the cover, When-the cover is screwed firmly against the washeruthe cap 27 of t-he air valve is removed and an ordinaryairpump is screwed tothe valve after which air is pumped -into the package to create a pressure-upon the beer Suiiiclen't .to'cause the beer to flow ont v throughfthe Siphon and Siphon spout when the lever is operated torelease-v the 'valve bonic' acid gas from escaping from the b e'er perfect condition for an lndeiinite period withoutv -parting with the carbonio ac1d gas, and thereby growing Stale or iiat.`

packages from the brewery or retail place, yand the customer may7 draw `from the pack'- age any amount of the beer desired without the loss of the'carbonic acid gas. What'we claim"is:-

l. Ina beer packagehavinga neck, a cover, a'spider carried on' the cover, af'siphon. head mounted on the cover and spider such mounting means for the Siphon head collar mounted on the thimble, and'abo've the spider, the lower end of the Vthimble being Spun to engage' with the cover to'bind the cover and spider between vthe Spun end of the thimble and the collar; a Siphon having a boss head, such boss head resting upon the upper end of the thimble and thesiphon "head Screwed upon' the collar to engage the Siphon boss head between the upper end ofi the thimble and the-Siphon head.

, 2. In a cover forV a beer packagepsuch cover, an inlet valve 'through such cover, ay r thimblecarried by such cover and having its end upset'to engageV with-the cover-on one side, a collar on the thimble and adapt.-

In Pract-Ice the Package maybe usedin I retailing beer from the original Woodn The ,air under coin- Pression. .011 top of the beer prevents theuca'r'- "and our package will keep draft beer in *Q Permit i Y 11o,l

threaded ed to engage the cover on the other side, In testimony whereof We have hereunto a Han e on the thimble adapted to engage set our hands at Los ngeles, California, 10 with t e upper end of collar and hold such this 13th day of December 1909.

collar in engagement with the cover, a si- ROBERT E. WENZEL, phon tube having a boss head at one end, VVILLIMA M. SHOULER. such boss head seated upon the upper end In presence of4- of thethimble and a Siphon head in en- F. M. TOWNSEND,

gagement with the collar on the thimble.` FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. 

